Rebirth 2006, creating a super consortium

"Cai Ning, where are Mr. Wang and the others?"

After arriving at the 33rd floor of the Bank of China Building, An Xin walked directly into the secretary's office and asked Cai Ning who was working inside.

"Mr. An!"

Cai Ning stood up and greeted him, then responded with a smile: "Wang Ming and President Lu are in the small conference room. Do you need me to notify them?"

"No need, I can go there by myself, just go ahead and do your thing!"

After saying that, An Xin turned around and walked quickly towards the small meeting room.

When he arrived at the small conference room, he pushed the door open and walked in. At a glance, he saw Wang Ming, Lu Xi, Liang Fan and Tang Dong sitting in office chairs, looking at documents seriously.

"Cough cough!"

"Mr. An!" x4

"Everyone, please feel free to take a seat!"

An Xin nodded politely, then walked in quickly, pulled out an office chair and sat down, then looked at everyone with a smile and said, "You have been watching for so long, I wonder if you have gained anything?"

The four of them looked at each other after hearing this, and finally Wang Ming was the first to speak: "Boss An, we have sorted out all kinds of information about the Xu family and found that there is a bit of trouble!"

An Xin was a little curious: "Oh? Tell me about it, let's brainstorm!"

Wang Ming nodded slightly, sorted out his thoughts a bit, and then began to report: "The founder of the Xu family is Xu Aizhou, whose ancestral home is in Zhan City, Guangdong Province. He was a real estate tycoon in the mainland in the 1920s. In the 1930s, he began to purchase a large number of cargo ships and merchant ships. It took him more than ten years to become a shipping giant.

In 1949, the family moved to Hong Kong, where they established Shunchang Shipping and China Construction Enterprise. Shunchang Shipping mainly operates in the ocean shipping industry, while China Construction Enterprise mainly operates in infrastructure, aviation, real estate development, and investment.

In 1960, the two companies merged and retained the name of China Construction Enterprise.

By the time Xu Aizhou passed away in 1966, China State Construction Engineering Corporation had become a powerful enterprise in Hong Kong's business community!

The most terrifying thing is that Xu Aizhou knew that starting a business was difficult, and maintaining a business was even more difficult. In order to protect the family property from being damaged, he established a very strict family trust fund in 1963, and then put all the assets of China Construction Enterprise Group into a company called Zhouxing Real Estate. This company had only one shareholder: the Xu family trust fund!

Although the second generation of the Xu family did not obtain any assets, they still successfully took over the operating rights of China Construction Enterprise and continued to lead China Construction Enterprise forward.

As of 2006, under the leadership of Xu Shixun, the second-generation head of the Xu family, China State Construction Engineering Corporation's total assets had reached approximately HK$200 billion. The assets were almost entirely from various real estate-related assets, with very few assets in other industries.

So the problem we are facing now is very clear, that is, how to target a family business that is not listed and only acts as a landlord! "

After patiently listening to Wang Ming's report, An Xin frowned slightly and then asked directly: "Didn't you discuss any plans before?"

Hearing this, Lu Xi chuckled and said, "I did come up with a plan, but everyone doesn't agree with it!"

"Oh?"

An Xin raised her eyebrows in surprise, then said, "Tell me about it!"

"Public opinion war! Pay off some Hong Kong media to dig up dirt on the Xu family!"

This is indeed a way!

An Xin nodded slightly, then glanced at the other three executives and asked with a little confusion: "This plan is okay, why don't you agree?"

Wang Ming and the other two looked at each other, and finally Wang Ming answered An Xin's doubts: "Boss An, will this cause exclusion from the Hong Kong business community?"

"Exclusion from the Hong Kong business community?"

An Xin asked in confusion: "Why are you ostracizing me?"

Tang Dong smiled bitterly and said, "Boss An, the Xu family has been rooted in Hong Kong for nearly 60 years, and their connections are complicated. Moreover, Xu Shixun, the second-generation head of the Xu family, is not a simple person!

Not only did he perfectly bypass the family trust to control the development of China State Construction Engineering Corporation, he also successfully infiltrated the British capital circle through the Hong Kong Jockey Club, becoming the vice chairman of the board of directors of HSBC and a small shareholder of Hang Seng Bank!

If we target the Xu family in this way, will it trigger a full-scale counterattack from the Xu family, and then expand to the entire Hong Kong business community?"

"Wait a minute, have you all forgotten our original intention?"

An Xin felt that everyone's thinking had reached a dead end, and then reminded them with a smile: "We originally wanted to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys. The bigger the scene, the better the effect!"

The three of them looked at each other in bewilderment when they heard this. It seemed like this was really the case...

An Xin looked at their slightly confused expressions and almost couldn't hold back her laughter. She quickly added, "Besides, we don't want to wipe out the Xu family completely. We just need to use this opportunity to show everyone our strength and attitude, so that everyone knows what the consequences will be if they provoke us!"

"really!"

"Ah, yes, yes!"

"Boss An, nothing's wrong!"

After the three of them understood the core issue, they all spoke up in agreement!

An Xin nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "In addition to digging up dirt and creating public opinion, I have also thought of a two-pronged approach, which is to directly target the Xu family's family trust!"

"what?"

"Is this okay?"

“How to target family trusts?”

"Didn't you say that you wouldn't wipe out the Xu family completely?"

After hearing that An Xin was going to directly target the Xu family's family trust, the four people present spoke up and expressed their doubts!

"Don't be impatient, just listen to me slowly!"

An Xin stretched out her hands to signal, and then began to explain in detail to everyone: "I will give you a simple information penetration!

The design of the Xu family trust structure is actually not complicated. Since Xu Aizhou established the trust, the structure has not changed, right?

This shows that China State Construction Engineering Corporation is an asset package, Zhouxing Real Estate is a safe shell registered in Hong Kong, but the actual registration place of the Xu Family Trust is definitely an offshore framework!

So how many offshore markets in the world can meet the needs of the Xu family?

There are only two: the Cayman Islands and the Virgin Islands!

But we can make a simple logical exclusion here. The Cayman Islands did not officially promulgate the tax exemption policy until 1972, and Xu Aizhou did not establish the family trust until 1963. The timing is obviously wrong!

Therefore, the actual registration place of the Xu Family Trust can only be the Virgin Islands!

Then the rest is easy. We just need to contact McKinsey or Accenture and have them go directly to the Virgin Islands to help us find the real registered company of the Xu Family Trust based on the confirmed information such as the trust establishment time, trust registration location, and trust beneficiaries!

After digging out the key information, you can entrust a local law firm in the Virgin Islands to find a reason such as the relevant information is not updated in a timely manner to directly sue the registered company of the Xu Family Trust, and ask the local court to approve the public disclosure of the registered company's asset list and historical cash flow records!

After obtaining this public information, we can just make two copies and throw them to the Hong Kong media, which can easily cause some public opinion storm!

If the Xu family still refuses to surrender, don’t worry, there are still a series of tricks waiting for them!

For example, we could also sue them for all tax-related issues based on the flow of funds in their trust, and guarantee that the Xu family would suffer huge losses!

I think this gameplay is very feasible and not expensive. It will only cost one or eight hundred thousand dollars for the initial process. What do you think? "

What do you think?

Anyway, Wang Ming and the other three were completely stunned after hearing what they heard!

What the hell is this game?

There is actually such a way to play?

In fact, we can’t blame the four people for not knowing the business. An Xin learned about this trick by chance when she was working at Morgan Stanley in her previous life. She was shocked at the time!

This cool way of playing seems to have been developed by a busybody in 08 for single-layer offshore companies. It turns out to be quite useful!

However, when An Xin learned about this gameplay, the Cayman Islands and the Virgin Islands had slowly begun to lose their core competitiveness in tax evasion and encryption due to the gradual advancement of the BPS Action Plan and the CRS Agreement, and this tricky gameplay gradually began to lose its effect!

But now it is 2006, and this trick really works for a single-layer fund like the Xu family’s!

Lu Xi is indeed a top student. His brain reacts the fastest. He stands up excitedly and says loudly: "Mr. An, you are a genius! How did you come up with this idea?"

An Xin immediately denied it: "Don't talk nonsense, I just heard it from others by chance!"

Lu Xi immediately made a gesture to keep quiet, and then said cheerfully: "Okay, okay, then we can do both?"

"Ok!"

An Xin nodded slightly, then asked, "Who will be responsible for hiring someone to dig up dirt and contact the media?"

"Me!"

Tang Dong raised his hand and explained, "I'm a local, I know people from all walks of life, and I'm in charge of this matter. I can probably come up with something in a week!"

"Very good, I'll be responsible for investigating the trust!"

An Xin nodded with satisfaction, then looked at everyone and asked, "Does anyone have anything to add?"

Upon hearing this, everyone shook their heads and said no!

An Xin smiled and said, "Okay, then let's get busy. By the way, Lu Xi and Liang Fan, stay for a while. I have something to talk to you about!"

Wang Ming and Tang Dong immediately stood up and said goodbye. In a blink of an eye, An Xin and the other two were left in the huge office.